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Suffering and Sacrifice: The Hermeneutics of Yisurin in the Babylonian Talmud

Sarah Wolf
Journal: Studies in Late Antiquity
Studies in Late Antiquity (2019) 3 (1): 56–76.
https://doi.org/10.1525/sla.2019.3.1.56
Published: 01 March 2019
...Sarah Wolf This article offers the argument that suffering ( yisurin ) in the Babylonian Talmud functions as a locus for the relationship between God and rabbinic Jews. Scholars of rabbinic martyrdom and asceticism have tended to claim that the Talmud's positive portrayal of suffering...
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